Smile, it’s Scientific Did you smile at someone today? In the last few decades a number of scientific studies have shown even a forced smile positively affects not only the recipient but the smiler but as well. These studies show when we smile or receive…

Today’s Gift and The Presence When we find ourselves drifting out of the present moment, dwelling either in the past or projecting into the future, we open the door to morbid reflection. When thinking about the past what usually surfaces? Is it the…

Living The Consecrated Life When we turn our will and life over to the care of God, we embark on living a consecrated life. Having taken this path by choice, our job now is to see the Presence of God everywhere, in everything and everyone, expressing our…

Masquerading Wolves of Morbid Reflection Conditions in our life are the result of the crops (thoughts) we tend (focus on) in our consciousness. If we dwell on thoughts of pain, lack, unhappiness, negativity of any stripe, then we will grow more. Being a…

Optimism Requires Commitment “Cheap optimism is never spiritual.” We should never be satisfied or resign ourselves to live with anything less than the full expression of God’s love in our life. Never settle for any condition in your life that expresses…

God Doesn’t Play Favorites Though a self-actualizing agnostic with an “attitude” into my 30’s, the truth was I had always been a seeker, more often than not looking in all the wrong places. One of the questions which had always troubled me was the idea…

The Universe Moved Do you pray expecting to receive or with trepidation? When we pray with doubt, believing secretly in our heart of hearts that God is too busy or we are insignificant or since our hands are not perfectly clean our prayers will not be…

Counter Productive Hard Work Throughout our lives we have been told that hard work equals success. Certainly, we should always do our best and work hard, yet I think we can all point to someone, perhaps you have seen them looking back at you from your own…

Lessons of When When— When there is nowhere left to turn, turn around, for God is always there. When in the grip of fear, pray lightly, with a feathers touch. When facing calamity, meet it with serenity, the serenity found only in His presence. When in…

Saint Peter Cried We lay “claim” to things daily, usually without a thought. Whenever we start a statement with “My”, we claim ownership. Having ruminated on this over the years, I think I am finally getting it. Although I may have a headache or a flair…